Landlord to pay damages after withholding deposit from students who erected telephone pole ‘with consent’
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/09/01/landlord-who-withheld-deposit-from-students-who-erected-telephone-pole-with-consent-ordered-to-pay-damages/
Posted by deatach
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Landlords being cunts obviously.
Why would you want to install a telephone poll though? Genuinely curious.
>She outlined how the removal of the pole “caused hassle” in terms of time and cost €600.
>Ms Butler said the remaining €2,100 of the deposit had not been returned as they were not given the opportunity to do so, which the tribunal labelled as “utterly disingenuous”.
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> The tribunal said the deposit retention caused distress, inconvenience and loss to the students, while the retention of the €2,100, in particular, was a “hardball tactic” that “must be seen as an attempt to penalise” the tenants.
I always thought dealing with corporate landlords would be easier than the single property landlords, but I guess there’s petty fucking cunts everywhere